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- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Rebecca Moynihan: ..., can have. I will give an example of where this is not happening. The south-west inner city is an area where the rate of crime has traditionally been. It is an area where many people go to prison and where there is a great deal of drug use. We have no pitches for people to play Gaelic games or football. There are two swimming pools in the area but they are both private and not open...
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Robbie Gallagher: ...and the pinch point to which I refer. Unfortunately, when numbers are tight, things like community policing can be cut. I do not agree with that. Whether gardaí are deployed to deal with traffic, be part of drug squads or engage in other specialised duties, it must be remembered that there are only so many officers to go around. If numbers are tight, certain areas have to be cut....
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Emer Currie: ...force. We need to protect community policing. Wrapping services around community policing will really improve community safety. I completely agree with the direction in which the Minister has moved by involving youth workers, Tusla, the HSE, drug prevention workers, businesses and voluntary organisations.I want the Minister to prioritise Dublin West. I have said this to her. We do not...
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Helen McEntee: ...we know is that when you take out the people at the top, it has a ripple effect throughout communities, in particular with regard to younger people. We have seen a significant reduction in residential burglary since Operation Thor was launched and over €345 million worth of drugs has been seized since 2015, which really has been one of the success stories. It is one of the biggest...
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Annie Hoey: ...love to see the Government look at. These include hate speech. I feel like time is ticking on the Government to finish out the Bill. I get the feeling it will not happen. There should also be decriminalisation of the drug user. This is something that particularly comes up in Ballymun, Finglas and north-west Dublin. People do not believe the user should be criminalised. It should be...
- Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)
Marie Sherlock: ...now, one of the youth projects in the north inner city that I know very well has a waiting list to get into it. That is absolutely crazy when we think of the life that is potentially on offer to so many of these young people, especially with the easy availability of drugs and a life of crime that is on their doorsteps. We have to get the resources right for our young people and for the...